Bill Text: IL HR0989 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commends Pamela Blackman on her community service work as president and CEO of Building Brighter Futures Center for the Arts. Thanks her for her continued dedication to serving her community and the youth of Chicago.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-01-07 - Resolution Adopted [HR0989 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0989-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to commend Pamela Blackman on her | ||||||
| 4 | community service work as president and CEO of Building | ||||||
| 5 | Brighter Futures Center for the Arts; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Building Brighter Futures Center For The Arts, | ||||||
| 7 | formerly known as the Better Boys Foundation, is a nonprofit | ||||||
| 8 | and comprehensive human services organization that offers six | ||||||
| 9 | program and service areas, providing community engagement, | ||||||
| 10 | education, employment services, family services, health | ||||||
| 11 | equity, and youth services, in order to improve the quality of | ||||||
| 12 | life for underprivileged youth and their families by providing | ||||||
| 13 | safe, stable, and nurturing experiences that enhance social, | ||||||
| 14 | emotional, academic, and career development; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Pamela Blackman has served as president and CEO | ||||||
| 16 | of Building Brighter Futures Center For The Arts since 2020; | ||||||
| 17 | over the course of her tenure, the organization has initiated | ||||||
| 18 | a scholarship program, reestablished its dance program, | ||||||
| 19 | brought in a music program, added STEM classes, increased | ||||||
| 20 | resources to help the youth with their studies and college | ||||||
| 21 | preparation, enhanced the fashion work program and mentoring | ||||||
| 22 | programs, and formed partnerships with several organizations, | ||||||
| 23 | including Champs, Polished Pebbles, and Ladies of Virtue; | ||||||
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| 1 | prior to her current roles, she served on the organization's | ||||||
| 2 | board of directors from 2007 to 2010 and as director of Project | ||||||
| 3 | L.E.A.D. from 2010 to 2012; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Pamela Blackman has also served as president and | ||||||
| 5 | CEO of Joy Entertainment & Event Management since 1998; her | ||||||
| 6 | company primarily represents influencers, comedians, actors, | ||||||
| 7 | and game changers, and it began offering Name Image Likeness | ||||||
| 8 | (NIL) management for college athletes in more recent years; | ||||||
| 9 | she previously served as a certified nurse's aide, worked as a | ||||||
| 10 | state-licensed real estate broker, and owned Kiddie Academy | ||||||
| 11 | Learning Centers I and II for more than two decades; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Pamela Blackman has further served her community | ||||||
| 13 | through establishing two nonprofits, Random Acts of Kindness | ||||||
| 14 | and the Blackman-Reese-Rose Foundation, with the latter | ||||||
| 15 | providing college scholarships to deserving students needing | ||||||
| 16 | additional financial assistance to complete their educational | ||||||
| 17 | goals; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Pamela Blackman has been the recipient of a | ||||||
| 19 | number of accolades for her philanthropic and professional | ||||||
| 20 | work, including receiving a Lifetime Presidential Achievement | ||||||
| 21 | Award in 2023; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Pamela Blackman, a native of Chicago, is a proud | ||||||
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| 1 | mother and grandmother who holds undergraduate and graduate | ||||||
| 2 | degrees in childhood education, human behavior, social work, | ||||||
| 3 | and psychology; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 5 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 6 | we commend Pamela Blackman on her community service work as | ||||||
| 7 | president and CEO of Building Brighter Futures Center for the | ||||||
| 8 | Arts, and we thank her for her continued dedication to serving | ||||||
| 9 | her community and the youth of Chicago; and be it further
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